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Old Feb 8, 2002 | 01:04 PM
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Plug wires and ignition coil

dammit, I keep forgetting if the L1 on the ignition Coil box goes to the front rotor or not.

So is L1 front and L2 rear

or L1 rear and L2 front.
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Old Feb 8, 2002 | 02:52 PM
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on my second gen the L1 is back and L2 is front
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Old Feb 10, 2002 | 12:16 PM
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I believe that leading coils are siamesed, which means, technically it doesn't matter. The trailing wires do, however.
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Old Feb 10, 2002 | 04:00 PM
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Whoa whoa whoa

Whait a minute... I thought the first rotor the one closest to the radiator was number 1. If not then I have my trailing crossed. And leading.
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Old Feb 20, 2002 | 05:39 PM
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Arrow L1 T1 L2 T2

Like This >>>


T1 Trailing T2




L1 Leading L2


Whoops....Double Post
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Old Feb 20, 2002 | 06:58 PM
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Re: L1 T1 L2 T2

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T1 Trailing T2




L1 Leading L2


Whoops....Double Post
I fixed it.
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Old Feb 23, 2002 | 05:55 PM
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What happens if you get the plugs crossed?
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Old Feb 24, 2002 | 09:03 PM
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OK.....now you guys have me wondering too. Somebody that really knows for sure please reply. I'm sure that both T1 and L1 are on the front rotor and T2 and L2 are on the rear rotor on my 7. Is this correct???
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Old Feb 24, 2002 | 09:52 PM
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Thats what im thinking. The front rotor is Number 1. But someone confused me on another post saying otherwise. Or mabey I read it wrong.
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Old Feb 25, 2002 | 08:59 PM
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T1 and L1 are for the FRONT rotor, the one closer to the radiator, L1 and L2 are the rear. My experience has shown me that it's not a good idea to have this wires mixed up.
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Old Feb 25, 2002 | 09:06 PM
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Thats what I thought... shewww.
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Old Feb 25, 2002 | 09:16 PM
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Need to correct my typing. L1 & T1 front rotor, L2 & T2 rear rotor. Try to type too fast.
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Old Feb 25, 2002 | 10:00 PM
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Ohhhh shiiiiit.
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Old Feb 25, 2002 | 10:03 PM
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Dude. Do u mean top to bottom. The top spark plug is the trailing ... its gota be , its just gotta.
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Old Feb 25, 2002 | 10:34 PM
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I just checked a site. The top is trailing like I thought.
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Old Feb 26, 2002 | 06:14 AM
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The housings are stamped with a "T" & "L" . Top plugs are trailing, bottom ones are leading. Front rotor is #1, rear is #2
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Old Feb 27, 2002 | 07:19 PM
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1= front rotor 2= rear rotor trailing=top leading=lower easiest way i know of remembering.
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Old Feb 27, 2002 | 07:52 PM
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Originally posted by rx7passion
1= front rotor 2= rear rotor trailing=top leading=lower easiest way i know of remembering.
hey hey HEY!!! We got ourselves a smart one!
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Old Mar 2, 2002 | 04:06 PM
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Ok guys hear is the answer.

The top plug hole on both rotors is the trailing and the bottom hole on both rotors is the leading.

T1 T2


L1 L2

The coil that is the closest to the bumper all by its lonesome is for the T1 plug.

Now you have two coils in the center, one on top of the other. The top coil is for L1 and the bottom coil is for L2.

The rear coil closest to the firewall all by itself is for the T2 plug.

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Old Mar 2, 2002 | 07:55 PM
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Ya we got it. Please no more replies. ITs been ansewered three times.
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